Robert E. Nims Theatre (Performing Arts Centre, University of New Orleans)New Orleans, LA

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Orestes 2.0

A thrilling channel-surf between ancient Greeks and American pop culture, Orestes 2.0 is a radical response to Euripides' post-war tragedy.

It is six days after the murder of Clytemnestra at the hands of her children, Orestes and Electra. The Furies haunt Orestes. Electra is in damage control. Veterans returned from the Trojan War find the nightmares, disorder, and ruin of battle, have followed them home. Charles Mee's electrifying play slices together verbatim material from court transcripts, the poetry of Apollinaire, the TV Guide, autopsy reports and pop song lyrics to create a unique and blistering examination of State, Fate, War and Love.